The Cline VSCode extension brings the power of a coding agent directly into your editor. It lets developers describe coding tasks in natural language, review proposed changes, and work within project context.
Writing Clear Requests for the Cline VSCode Extension
The Cline VSCode extension responds more predictably when your prompts are clear and specific. The AI's ability to generate accurate shell commands or scripts is directly proportional to the quality of your instructions.
PromptDC Alongside Cline
PromptDC works alongside the Cline VSCode extension by refining the instructions you type. PromptDC's VS Code extension rewrites selected AI chat input into a clearer task for the agent.
Two extensions with different jobs
Cline handles coding tasks in its VS Code panel, while PromptDC's VS Code extension rewrites the request in the AI chat input. The PromptDC package targets that chat input and does not alter source code. For a CLI prompt typed in VS Code's integrated terminal, select it and use PromptDC Desktop instead.
From Cline to the terminal, PromptDC works everywhere
The PromptDC desktop app for macOS and Windows enhances selected text in Cline, every browser, IDE chat panel, desktop AI app and terminal. Use Cmd+Shift+E or Ctrl+Shift+E to open an editable review, then Replace or Copy.
PromptDC is the first desktop app to enhance prompts inside terminal CLIs, including Claude Code, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, Grok, Agy and OpenCode. Choose the Code profile for implementation-ready prompts, and set it as the default profile for each coding app or terminal.
The Chrome extension and IDE extensions are optional. Chrome adds in-place rewriting without Accessibility permission, while IDE extensions add a target-agent picker and Simple or Structured output; the desktop app already covers browser fields, IDE chats and terminals.
